Die Fledermaus. Act II ; Otello. Act III ; Rigoletto. Act III

Item

Record ID

486

Identifier

75002

Genre

Opera

Work Title

Die Fledermaus. Act II ; Otello. Act III ; Rigoletto. Act III

Uniform Title

Fledermaus. Act II ; Otello. Act III ; Rigoletto. Act III

Program/Series Title

The 25th Anniversary Gala of the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center

Work Alternate Titles

The Bat

Composer

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899 ; Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

Text Author

Haffner, C. 1804-1876 (libretto) ; Genee, Richard, 1823-1895 (libretto) ; Boito, Arrigo (libretto) ; Piave, Franacesco Maria (libretto)

Production Year

1991

Transmission/Release Date

1991-09-23 ; 1992-03-09

Transmission/Release Year

1991

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

Viewer's Choice (Live Pay-Per-View) ; PBS

Home Video - VHS

DG

Home Video - DVD

DG

Conductor/Music Director

Levine, James

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Chorus/Choir

Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Soloists

Leo Nucci ; Cheryl Studer ; Luciano Pavarotti ; Nicholai Ghiaurov ; Birgitta Svenden (Rigoletto) ; Dwayne Croft ; Placido Domingo ; Justino Diaz ; Mirella Freni ; Uwe Heilmann ; Paul Plishka ; Sondra Kelly ; Charles Anthony (Otello) ; Andrij Dobriansky ; Anne-Sophie von Otter ; Dwayne Croft ; Herman Prey ; Barbara Kilduff ; Grace Millo ; Barbara Daniels ; Goffifried Hornik (Die Fledermaus). The Prince's party guests included: Herman Prey ; Frederica von Stade ; Thomas Hampson ; Jane Anderson ; Sherrill Milnes ; Aprile Millo ; Ferruccio Furlanetto ; Kathleen Batttle ; Samuel Ramey ; Mirella Freni ; Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo.

Participants

Tom Brokaw ; Garrick Utley ; Katherine Kuric (hosts)

TV/Film Director

Large, Brian

Stage Director

Schenk, Otto (Rigoletto) ; Ziffirelli, Franco (Otello) ; Schenk, Otto (Die Fledermaus)

Sets

Brown, Zack (Rigoletto) ; Zeffirelli, Franco (Otello) ; Schneider-Siemssen, Gunther (Die Fledermaus)

Costumes

Brown, Zack (Rigoletto) ; Hall, Peter J. (Otello) ; Hall. Peter J. (Die Fledermaus)

Production Company

NBC Cable, Cablevision and PolyGram ; The Metropolitan Opera in association with Thirteen/WNET New York

Executive Producer

Gelb, Peter

Technical Information

Pay-Per-View: Live ; color ; stereo ; PBS:Tape ; color ; stereo

Other Information

English subtitles: Sonya Friedman. The tape repeat on PBS was a program in the Great Perforances series with the title - Great Performances: The Metropolitan Opera Silver Anniversary Gala.

Duration

ca. 200'

Company

Metropolitan Opera

Recorded

Taped on opening night September 23, 1991.

Archive

Motion Picture TV Reading Room - Libarary of Congress

Sourcemat

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